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2018-05-24T13:36:59+00:00

About Us

We are a nationally recognized technology company that aggregates purchase order data from local, state, and federal government agencies to provide searching, reporting, and analysis capabilities. Our Software as a Service (SaaS) solution is offered to both government vendors and government agencies on a subscription basis.

We do real-time search and analytics on over 700 million records from almost 15,000 data sources in a multi-terabyte index from a modern full-stack JavaScript single page web app.

Our mission is to help procurement professionals make better purchasing decisions and find potential leads. We collect and provide access to critical purchasing data that enables the overall purchasing process to be much more efficient. Bottom line: our product does two great things at once – it saves the government millions of dollars and helps government vendors become more profitable.

Our Culture

Our culture is talented, fun and a little weird. We are an unstoppable group of go-getters who thrive on making a difference. We’re technophiles & collaborators who look for every opportunity to learn something new. We have an open environment and encourage employees to share their ideas and opinions.

Join us as we help save the government money and help businesses become more profitable.

Company Sponsored Life Insurance and Disability Coverage

Company Sponsored Gym Membership

What’s your passion? Check out our open positions below.

WE’RE ALL ABOUT THE CUSTOMER.

The Customer Service Team Members are responsible for cultivating successful relationships to deepen customer satisfaction with our products and services.

WE ONLY HIRE THE BEST.

We have high standards as we are the face of GovSpend throughout a customer contract. We are building a team that is filled with professional services personnel whose wealth of experience in assisting customers is their number one priority.

WHAT WE DO.

We onboard new customer, create a personalized experience, answer customer questions, assess product or service problems, and resolve issues in a variety of ways using our best judgement to ensure customer satisfaction.

WE HAVE A RELAXED BUT HIGH PERFORMANCE CULTURE.

Here everyone is encouraged to share their ideas and opinions, even if it may not fit within their role. We are a smaller company but we all do our best to support each other and work towards a common goal of success.

Data is our product.

We pursue a bold new mission of providing a search platform to enable easier and more efficient government procurement. Currently we have records of over 300 million purchase orders, which is the result of relentless pursuit of data. The Data Acquisition team is relied upon to continue building the database.

Anatomy of a DA Specialist.

Are you analytical to the point of obsession? Do you find satisfaction in a well-constructed, clear, and concise email? Can you speak with lawyers, town clerks, finance officers, and a wide range of public officials and get to, “Yes.” Data Acquisition Specialists are self-directed, self-motivated, and work independently to achieve our goals. The secret to our success is built upon our talent for research, communication, and donuts.

The Library.

Within the company our team is like a library. We are a small but mighty team managing data for thousands of government agencies. In the library, we work with our heads down, listening to music, to deliver results.

Our Atmosphere.

Everyone is approachable and our management team is small with an all hands on deck mentality. We take pride in being part of something that results in better purchasing power for government agencies. Something that is saving taxpayers’ dollars one PO at a time.

Chaos becomes order in our Data Engineering Department.

Spreadsheets, PDF’s, CSV’s, Word docs are just a few of the dozens of data file types we deal daily. The data itself can come from every conceivable accounting software product ever developed. On the other hand the data we get might just as likely have been thrown together in a more ad-hoc manner and sent to us in a pipe-delimited text file, with Julian dates and no column headers, and wrapped in a zip.

We use a variety of technologies.

Our language of choice for parsing incoming data files is an in-house designed scripting language that relies heavily on regular expressions. We also make use of JavaScript, C#, SQL, T-SQL, Python – whatever it takes to get the job done. We are comfortable working with both Windows and UNIX/Linux. We load and normalize incoming data into a SQL server and take the time to perform data analysis and data cleansing tasks to ensure the data is pristine.

We Reuse and Recycle.

We’ve developed over 20,000 data conversion scripts- which are used over and over to process multiple files, file types, and agency sources. We also recycle…paper and plastic.

We’re passionate about data.

Our business and government customers rely on our data every day to help them grow their business and save money and it’s our responsibility to make sure that the data they’re seeing in our app has been parsed correctly and completely from incoming data files. We need data engineers that are detail oriented,organized, and adaptable.

We value open source.

We contribute to and release open source libraries. When we build something cool we want to share it with the world. We also want to learn from what is out there so that we can continue to improve.

We use the latest technologies.

Our product is a full stack modern JS (ES2016+) single page app with shiny new toys like React, Lodash FP, KnockoutJS, and more. Our data lives in the latest version of elasticsearch, mongodb, redis, and more.

We love beautiful code.

Core to our philosophy is to build generic, reusable tools as often as possible. We don’t like to solve the same problem twice – we aim to solve entire classes of problems all at once. And we don’t let technology debts sit and fester.

Making the world a better place.

We enjoy what we do because we know we are assisting the people who use it. Government agencies use it to save money and businesses use it to grow.

We provide all the leads you’ll need.

You won’t have to search Google or walk through office parks to obtain your leads. We provide you all of the sales leads you will ever need. When we obtain agency purchase orders, we turn the contact information into sales leads.

We have the best staff.

Our long term career environment and family atmosphere make this a great place to work. We don’t micro-manage or monitor your calls, because we have a motivated team ready to work.

You are free to improvise.

We will train you on what has proven to work for us, and we want you to combine that with what has made you successful. You will have the opportunity to take out standard sales verbiage and personalize it to yourself.

Free Grub.

We offer free fountain drinks and throughout the month we have food/snacks to keep every one fueled up and going. Past offerings have included bagels, donuts, Chick-fil-a, candy, red bulls, etc.

Account Manager | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

The Account Manager will be responsible for building and maintaining post-sales, all aspects of the business relationship, including account management, technical consultant, subject matter expert in our proprietary software, the creation of advanced data mining searches, and market/product research.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Identify client pain points and make recommendations for resolution, which can range from technical to operational.

Presents products and services to clients based on their specific needs and trains client on applications.

Evaluate and Implement a new client onboarding procedure to ensure our clients achieve their goals and objectives.

Develop and present recommendation to clients to effectively improve the client experience.

Serve as the single point of contact for all cancellation requests, with a goal of identifying the root causes for prevention and ultimately client retention purposes.

Serve as a technical liaison between Client Services and internal teams.

Responsible for monitoring the day-to-day communications in Slack (CS Channels).

Responsible for creating a client’s SmartReport or SmartExport.

Other job duties as assigned to meet the business needs.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred. Proven work experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

2+ years of strategic account management experience, preferably in a business to business environment with a technology solution.

Experience developing and maintaining relationships with C-level and Middle Management.

Project management experience with excellent organizational skills.

Superior problem solving skills.

Preferred detailed knowledge of working with complex data and performing analysis to deliver valuable results to the client based on their needs.

Ability to translate complex concepts into clear writing that is understood by an average user.

Exceptional interpersonal, listening, written and verbal communication skills are a must.

Ability to work independently and to be self-motivated based on pre-defined goals.

DevOps Software Engineer | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

We’re looking for a DevOps Software Engineer to help us build the next generation of SmartProcure, a well-funded civic startup disrupting government procurement by aggregating, indexing, analyzing, and otherwise transforming government purchasing data. We’re a Code for America Accelerator company and have an incredible team of seasoned executives and engineers. We work hard but maintain a casual work environment with a strong culture reminiscent of a west coast tech startup. As a new member of the SmartProcure family, you’ll work closely with our senior team members to implement critical pieces of our modern, forward-thinking architecture learning many new technologies as you touch every part of the applications source code.

Web Application Developer | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

We’re looking for a passionate Web Application Developer to help us build the next generation of GovSpend, a well-funded civic startup disrupting government procurement by aggregating, indexing, analyzing, and otherwise transforming government purchasing data. We’re a Code for America Accelerator company and have an incredible team of seasoned executives and engineers. We work hard but maintain a casual work environment with a strong culture as a tech startup. As a new member of the GovSpend family, you’ll work closely with our senior team members to implement critical pieces of our modern, forward-thinking architecture – learning many new technologies as you touch every part of the application’s source code.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

You’ll build new features and products in our web app, from the UI components in the browser to the node services and database structure behind them in modern, functional javascript. The area you focus in is largely up to you – some of our developers end up more focused on GUI, others on services, but everyone is good at both. Every line of code goes through a pull request review, so everyone has the opportunity to collaborate on everything that’s going on in the company.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Computer Science or similar strongly preferred. Proven work experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

Strong understanding of functional programming in Javascript. Currying and composition should be second nature to you. Extensive Lodash or Ramda experience may be sufficient, but you’ll get bonus points for Category Theory.

Be proficient with React and MobX (Redux with selectors can work too).

Have Production experience with NodeJS.

BONUS:

Contribute to our open source repos (github.com/smartprocure). We’ve hired almost everyone that’s done so and interviewed all of them.

Have exposure to NoSQL (Mongo, ElasticSearch, and Redis are used heavily here).

Bachelors of Science degree in MIS, Computer Science or similar strongly preferred. Proven work experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

Account Executive | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

We need someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has a positive attitude, works hard, stays organized, and is an effective communicator. We need individuals who seek the culture and excitement of joining a tech startup.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Deliver a killer sales pitch (over the phone) to prospects

Conduct a high volume of calls to secure new business

Own the full sales process (initial call, product demo, closing)

Other job duties as assigned to meet the business needs

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

High school diploma or GED required

2-4 years of full-time experience in sales and/or customer service

Resilience. You’ll have the capacity to learn from every deal (or rejection)

Account Executive, Government | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

We need someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has a positive attitude, works hard, stays organized, and is an effective communicator. We need individuals who seek the culture and excitement of joining a tech startup.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Develop a killer sales pitch

Conduct a high volume of cold calls to secure new business

Own the full sales process (initial call, product demo, closing)

Other job duties as assigned to meet the business needs

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

High school diploma or GED required

2-4 years of full-time experience in sales and/or customer service

Resilience. You’ll have the capacity to learn from every deal (or rejection)

Outside Sales Account Executive, Government | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

We need someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has a positive attitude, works hard, stays organized, and is an effective communicator. We need individuals who seek the culture and excitement of joining a tech startup. Initially, you will come onboard in an inside sales capacity, learning our SaaS product and our sales process, and eventually moving into more of an outside sales role spending 1-2 weeks on the road.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Develop a killer sales pitch.

Conduct a high volume of cold calls to secure new business.

Own the full sales process (initial call, product demo, closing).

Work with assigned team to meet and exceed monthly sales quota.

Travel throughout local territory and meet with prospects on a recurring basis.

Work closely with assigned “buddy” (inside support) while on the road.

Other job duties as assigned to meet the business needs.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Bachelor’s degree in business or related area. Proven work experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

2-4 years of full-time sales experience.

Willingness to travel up to 40% percent of the time.

Resilience. You’ll have the capacity to learn from every deal (or rejection).

Coachability, openness to feedback, and consistent self-improvement.

Excellent communication and high level of professionalism. You will be representing GovSpend and will be the face of our Company.

Sales Development Representative | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

We need someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has a positive attitude, works hard, stays organized, and is an effective communicator. We need individuals who seek the culture and excitement of joining a tech startup.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Conduct a high volume of calls to set-up product demonstrations (to secure new business)

Conduct background research on leads from the Company database

Discover new leads through internet research and social media monitoring/commenting

Capture accurate and complete information in the CRM

Other job duties as assigned to meet the business needs

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

High school diploma or GED required

1-2 years of experience in sales and/or customer service

Resilience. You’ll have the capacity to learn from every deal (or rejection)

Data Engineer | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

The Data Engineer will be responsible for incoming data file conversion and data quality management.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Extract data, sometimes using regular expression. You may not have to write regular expressions often, but the data extractor program is based on them and an understanding of how they work is important.

Use computer programming knowledge and logic to write configuration files and other programs to allow data to be parsed and normalized to our internal format. Parsing accuracy is a priority. Data analysis and cleansing are key components in this role. Our data is our product. We collect data from thousands of government agencies, and managing the quality of this data will be a key responsibility.

Develop and communicate implementation approaches for assigned projects, as required. In addition, this role will regularly and proactively communicate status and other issues related to maintaining accurate data through the normalization process.

Other job duties as assigned to meet the business needs.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related area. Proven work experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

UX Product Designer | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

To take our impact to the next level, we’re looking for a UX Product Designer to enhance the usability of our suite of applications and to seamlessly integrate new features and enhancements. You will collaborate with management and the development team, and participate in all phases of a product, from discovery to delivery to iteration. The UX Product Designer is not only measured on the output of their design work, but more importantly on the success of the product.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Bring a deep understanding of UX best practices and standards to help create an intuitive user-experience across GovSpend’s applications

Design simple and effective solutions to complex workflows

Direct the visual appearance of our applications as well as new features and enhancements

Create well-written product requirements that will communicate feature requirements not just to developers, but also to our content writers and other team leads and managers

Represent the voice of the user(s) during the development process

Work cross-functionally with success

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Bachelor’s degree in related area. Proven work experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

3-5 years experience in Product, UX, HCI, or Web Design

Savvy with the ins/outs of Sketch

Strong experience in Adobe Suite (Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign is generally expected, but we really live in Sketch)

Ability to use Axure on occasion or have an interest in learning

Usertesting.com knowledge (moderated/unmoderated) or have an interest in learning

Functional Business Analyst | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

The Functional Business Analyst will be responsible for interviewing customers to set up their account with saved searches. It requires an understanding of the customer’s needs, goals, and objectives and creating a search based on data analysis. The role requires analyzing the data results and applying best practices to create the perfect search, which is also as much art as analytical.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Responsible for creating searches for customers and all related activities to include:

Lead customer calls to learn about the customer’s data interest.

Conduct remote screen sharing sessions with customers.

Create a search to the Customer’s specifications.

Meet with the customer to review the search results and revise search criteria as needed.

Assist the Customer Services Team with search strategy for customer-specific searches.

Have a full understanding of the customer engagement goals and objectives including retention; and proactively create, save and share queries that support the goals.

Produce ad-hoc queries and develop reports to support business needs and analysis.

Create and maintain documentation.

Work other departments as needed.

Work and update support tickets needed.

Responsible for creating a Customer’s SmartReport or SmartExport.

Other job duties as assigned to meet the business needs.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related area. Proven work experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

2 years of experience working in a professional office setting.

2 years of experience in a data mining role preferred.

Highly data-driven mindset and passion for analytics.

Enthusiastic and creative leader with the ability to inspire people.

Must have the ability to work effectively in a team environment, as well as working independently.

Ability to assess the situation and make proper decisions based on assessment.

Ability to define new models and processes from the ground-up and operate at scale.

Excellent work ethic; willing to take on multiple tasks.

Must have computer navigation skills.

Strong organizational skills.

Professional written and verbal skills.

Detailed and process oriented. The position requires an excellent grasp of often-changing details.

Human Resources Assistant | Deerfield Beach, FL

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

The Human Resources Assistant will provide comprehensive administrative support for the Human Resources Department and our Executive Team. Under the supervision of the HR Director, this role will perform a variety of duties such as recruiting, onboarding, record keeping, filing, and preparing required reports.